Have You Reached A Turning Point?

Are you at a point in your life where you feel you need to make a decision that will change the course of your life forever but you’re not sure whether it’s the right time to make that choice?

Then you’ve reached one of those transitional periods which is a part of life giving you a kick up the rear end as a bit of a wake-up call. It can happen for a number of reasons:

> Boredom with what you are doing and the need to find something which is much more fulfilling.

> Stagnation in your relationship area and the need to reignite some passion or positivity into your
daily life.

> Conflicting values with what you are being asked to do in your current role as against what you
believe you should be doing.

> Feeling under-valued in your current role and wondering why others’ seem to have so much more
than you do.

> Not receiving the just financial rewards for all your hard work and it’s leaving no time to play.

And many more reasons too … but none the less it has happened. But at the same time the fears start to kick in. What if I leave my job and can’t get anything like it again? What if I fail altogether – won’t I look a fool? What if I lose all the money I have now on this whim? What if I let my family down? What if I let my spouse down? What if it doesn’t work out?

All of these thoughts are natural. When you feel threatened by insecurity, loss, failure or letting someone down in some way that’s your natural emotional response to change. It’s also your brain’s way of trying to keep you safe because that’s all it knows. That is the job of your brain, to warn you of the potential loss, the fears and it wants to keep you where you are – it’s a safety mechanism.

But life isn’t like that if you REALLY do want to be true to yourself. You have to take risks and become uncomfortable if you want to really start to live and love doing what it is that you do. To become authentically you is more to do with giving up what you no longer have as meaningful in your life so that you can gain so much more.